King of Flesh and Bone (The Pale Court, #1)

by Liv Zander

“Shh… never evade my touch, mortal, or deny me your warmth.”

“There is no part of you I have not yet seen, sensed, or stirred. Whenever you consider disobeying me, know that I can make you. And nothing, nothing, bores me more than to make you.”

Of all the things existence had cursed me with, my ability to love was the worst torture—second only to my inability to die.

How blessed that bastard of a husband was to have a woman who, even in death, honored her vows.

“How the blood buzzes around your heart whenever I say that word. Precious.”

“Worse than a god in rage is a god in love.”

“Sometimes you say the nicest things when you’re not busy threatening to throw me onto a pile of corpses.”

“Child or no, you are precious beyond all, and you have my devotion for eternity.”

“And I would hurt you again. I would break your bones, sour your flesh, meld your skin to mine. I would do all that and worse, if only to have you for eternity. That, Ada, is how much I desire you.”